Our spy photographers have already captured a partially camouflaged M6 Gran Coupe testing, so we knew one was coming, but today BMW confirmed the M-ified four-door coupe will arrive next year. Company representatives couldn’t specify a model year, but in all likelihood the M6 Gran Coupe will hit the U.S. as a 2014 model.

BMW currently builds high-performance M versions of the 5-series sedan and 6-series coupe and convertible, so an M iteration of the Gran Coupe is a no-brainer. The M6 Gran Coupe will borrow its twin-turbocharged V-8 from the 2013 M5, as well as that car’s seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. BMW didn’t reveal whether a manual transmission will be part of the mix—the U.S.-market M5 gets a stick and the M6 coupe and convertible are likely to receive one, too—but we’re keeping our fingers crossed.